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Sharing a single external accessory connection of a mobile device across multiple application programs

a mobile device and accessory technology, applied in connection management, wireless commuication services, reconfiguring application services, etc., can solve the problems of complex maintenance of ea connections and require a large amount of logic code, and achieve the effect of relieving client apps

Active Publication Date: 2017-11-21
AIRBIQUITY INC
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This solution reduces development costs and complexity by allowing third-party apps to focus on messaging code, enabling efficient communication with external accessories while maintaining a single connection, thus improving interoperability and scalability.

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Maintaining this EA connection typically is complicated and requires a significant amount of logic code.

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[0016]We will use the Apple iOS® and iPhone® application development environment in this discussion by way of example and not limitation. The present disclosure can be applied to other operating systems and devices. In the iPhone example, application development for communication with an external accessory or device, such as a vehicle, has constraints which make developing the software for communicating with the vehicle costly and complex due to the limitation of inter-process communication between iOS applications and how EA sessions with the vehicle are created and managed.

[0017]The communication with the iOS phone and a vehicle requires either a single monolithic application, which contains all third-party application logic and maintains an EA session with the vehicle, or each third-party application on the phone must contain the software to connect individually to the vehicle. Most vehicles are designed to allow for only one connection at a time or have added complexity to allow...

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In an example, this disclosure provides a mechanism, preferably implementable in software, for a single ‘server’ application in a mobile device such as a smartphone to act as an intermediary to enable one or more third-party apps on the mobile device to connect and interact with an external accessory, for example, a vehicle component such as an automotive head-unit. The server app manages communications details so that third-party apps need to perform only simple messaging, thus relieving the burden on application providers and reducing the frequency of application updates. Further, the server application maintains a single connection or session with the external accessory (EA), while accommodating switching among multiple different client applications on the phone that seek to interact with the EA.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a non-provisional of and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 275,186 filed on Jan. 5, 2016 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]© 2016 Airbiquity Inc. A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. 37 CFR §1.71(d).BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various mobile devices, such as “smartphones,” watches, wearable devices, etc. are capable of running various application programs or “apps,” the Apple iPhone® series of devices being a common example. Other smartphones are currently made by Google, Microsoft, Samsung, LG and others. We refer to all such mobile devices, ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/725H04L29/06H04W76/02H04W76/04H04W4/00H04M1/72412
CPCH04M1/7253H04L67/42H04W76/045H04W76/023H04W4/001H04L67/12H04W4/50H04W4/80H04W76/14H04W76/25H04L67/565H04M1/72412H04L67/01
Inventor JONES, LOGAN B.JARAMILLO, DANIEL STEPHEN
Owner AIRBIQUITY INC
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